Friday, July 30, 2010

The Flight of the Budgi

photography by Rodney Nash

These beautiful green Budgerigar photographs were taken by my husband Rod at the Henbury Meteorite Conservation Reserve containing 12 craters which were formed when a meteor hit the earth's surface 4,700 years ago.

(Click on the images to enlarge and see the subtle colours and details.)

About Me

Candice Herne is a visual artist working on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Working since 2002, Herne has exhibited Community Arts Projects, photographs, drawings, paper installations, paintings, and felted and natural fibre sculptures in solo and group exhibitions in Brisbane, Regional Queensland and Melbourne. A finalist in the 2005 Churchie National Emerging Artists Exhibition with her narrative painting 'City for sale' commenting on the boom in the Real Estate Industry. 2007 Herne started a progressive support and collaborative intiative 'Mothers Group' 2010 Herne travelled around Australia in a caravan with her husband and 2 children for 10 months, documenting, blogging, photographing and making small natural ochre pigment, paintings. 2011 Herne started grassroots Community Arts Projects and exhibited the work at the Pine Rivers Art Gallery Queensland Australia a part of the Group Exhibition Mamas in the hood-Mothers Group. The work titled 'School' a collaborative, interactive Pinata installation commenting on contemporary ideas about Motherhood, Art, Politcs, Community and Society. Herne's work is held in private collections in Australia.